The King James Version of the Bible
Part 175
2173 words | Chapter 175
2:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because
they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder
than he.
32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these
three men, then his wrath was kindled.
32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am
young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew
you mine opinion.
32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach
wisdom.
32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty
giveth them understanding.
32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons,
whilst ye searched out what to say.
32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you
that convinced Job, or that answered his words: 32:13 Lest ye should
say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I
answer him with your speeches.
32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and
answered no more;) 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also
will shew mine opinion.
32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to
burst like new bottles.
32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and
answer.
32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me
give flattering titles unto man.
32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker
would soon take me away.
33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all
my words.
33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my
mouth.
33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips
shall utter knowledge clearly.
33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty
hath given me life.
33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand
up.
33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am
formed out of the clay.
33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my
hand be heavy upon thee.
33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the
voice of thy words, saying, 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I
am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his
enemy, 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my
paths.
33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God
is greater than man.
33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of
any of his matters.
33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth
upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 33:16 Then he openeth the ears
of men, and sealeth their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw man
from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from
perishing by the sword.
33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude
of his bones with strong pain: 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread,
and his soul dainty meat.
33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his
bones that were not seen stick out.
33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the
destroyers.
33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a
thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 33:24 Then he is gracious
unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have
found a ransom.
33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to
the days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be
favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will
render unto man his righteousness.
33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and
perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 33:28 He will
deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the
light.
33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 33:30 To
bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of
the living.
33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will
speak.
33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to
justify thee.
33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee
wisdom.
34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 34:2 Hear my words, O ye
wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is
good.
34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my
judgment.
34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without
transgression.
34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 34:8
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with
wicked men.
34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should
delight himself with God.
34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it
from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he
should commit iniquity.
34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every
man to find according to his ways.
34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty
pervert judgment.
34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed
the whole world? 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather
unto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perish
together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice
of my words.
34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn
him that is most just? 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art
wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 34:19 How much less to him
that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more
than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at
midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without
hand.
34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his
goings.
34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of
iniquity may hide themselves.
34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should
enter into judgment with God.
34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set
others in their stead.
34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the
night, so that they are destroyed.
34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of
his ways: 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto
him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he
hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a
nation, or against a man only: 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not,
lest the people be ensnared.
34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne
chastisement, I will not offend any more: 34:32 That which I see not
teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it,
whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore
speak what thou knowest.
34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken
unto me.
34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without
wisdom.
34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his
answers for wicked men.
34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands
among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be
right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s? 35:3
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit
shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 35:4 I will answer thee,
and thy companions with thee.
35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are
higher than thou.
35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy
transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 35:7 If thou
be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine
hand? 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy
righteousness may profit the son of man.
35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed
to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
night; 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and
maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 35:12 There they cry, but
none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty
regard it.
35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is
before him; therefore trust thou in him.
35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet
he knoweth it not in great extremity: 35:16 Therefore doth Job open
his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I
will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe
righteousness to my Maker.
36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee.
36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in
strength and wisdom.
36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the
poor.
36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings
are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they
are exalted.
36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction; 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their
transgressions that they have exceeded.
36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that
they return from iniquity.
36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they
shall die without knowledge.
36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he
bindeth them.
36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears
in oppression.
36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a
broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be
set on thy table should be full of fatness.
36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and
justice take hold on thee.
36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
36:21 Take heed, regard not
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